Today in America we have a clearly broken public education system. Here are a few reasons why...
American students rank 25th in math, 17th in science and 14th in reading compared to students in 27 industrialized countries.(OECD, 2012)
Two out of three eighth-graders can’t read proficiently and most will never catch up. (NAEP, 2011)
Nearly two-thirds of eighth-graders scored below proficient in math. (NAEP, 2011)
Nearly three out of four eighth-and 12th-grade students cannot write proficiently. (NAEP, 2012)
1.1 million American students drop out of school every year. (EPE, 2012)
Source: http://broadeducation.org/about/crisis_stats.html
*More statics are on there.
We ask the Obama Administration to create a plan to fix this broken Education system before it hurts our nation even more